The slanting sun was like blood, shining on the gravel road near the Great Earthquake Pass, stretching the figure on horseback obliquely, looking at the long black shadows, as if even the knife and spear in his hand looked a little majestic.

As the guard of the Great Earthquake Pass, Li Xiao, looking at the mighty and leisurely, like a businessman who was tired of hurrying for the Song army, stood on the high gate of the pass, and with a wave of his big hand, the huge stone gate below slowly opened.

The door was closed at night, and he deliberately closed it every day for the past few days, and after the merchants who came and went in Xia and Song were rejected from coming and going, it was like a cottage, and he became the king of the mountain here, everything was up to him, and everything depended on his mood.

"Whoever comes, report the name." As an arrow flashed a cold light, and then inserted into the gravel paved road, blocking the footsteps of Ye Qing and the others, Li Xiao, who was standing in the attic above the tall gate, asked loudly.

"In Xia Yeqing, this is a customs clearance paperwork." With a sneer on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, he looked at Li Xiao who was facing the sunset above the closed door, and casually hung the paperwork on the bow and crossbow handed over by Jia She, and then raised his arm, and the sound of breaking the air sounded, and the arrows on the crossbow and crossbow were firmly nailed to the pillar not far from Li Xiao with the paperwork.

Li Xiao couldn't help but have a cold face, and his gaze when he looked at Ye Qing instantly became a little more angry: "What a rampant Song people." ”

"Each other, not to mention that you are just a small pass guard, have you even forgotten the etiquette that the Great Xia Kingdom should have? Or ....... Ye Qing raised his head slightly, and said arrogantly: "Aren't you afraid that my Prime Minister in your country will sue you, or do you not know that my personal relationship with Hot Gongji is not bad?" ”

The more Ye Qing behaved, the more Li Xiao behaved with his heart, after all, no one could dare to be so rampant after entering the wolf's den, right?

So he just glanced at the paperwork in his hand casually, and then together with the arrows he pulled out, he threw them in front of Ye Qingma again with great rudeness: "Come in, General Ben will stamp you with a customs clearance seal after dinner." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao snorted again disdainfully, and didn't look at the number of soldiers and horses behind Ye Qing, so he walked down the gate without looking back.

As Li Xiao's figure disappeared, Ye Qing nodded at Jia She, and then the group began to pass through the Great Earthquake Pass in a mighty manner.

The reason why the Great Earthquake Pass is called the first important pass is entirely due to its easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain, which is just above the flat bottom between the two valleys, and with a river flowing through the middle, it seems that the Great Earthquake Pass has completely formed a barracks that can be self-sufficient for a long time without relying on external forces without relying on external forces.

It is precisely because of the terrain advantages of the Great Earthquake Pass that although the Guguan is the first checkpoint of the Xia Kingdom, its role has become more and more prominent and important because of the reputation of the Great Earthquake Pass, and it has become dispensable and not taken seriously, so this has become the key to Ye Qing's ability to attack so easily.

As they entered the camp one after another, naturally someone was assigned by Li Xiao to settle Ye Qing and the others, Jia Shi followed Ye Qing and walked towards the room where Li Xiao was located with the Xia soldiers, while the rest of the soldiers were not far from the stable, so they began to hand over the war horses to the Xia people, and they led them into the natural stable.

Guguan Li Ren and Dazhenguan Li Xiao are two brothers, this is what Ye Qing has already understood when he planned to take Guanshan into Jingzhaofu Road, compared to Li Ren's yīn Shen and sullen Lai, Li Xiao is much more arrogant, plus the long-term guard of the Great Earthquake Pass, so there are enough opportunities to exploit all kinds of strange goods of merchants.

Entering the hall, there are various styles of decorations everywhere, looking at those styles, there are both traditional crafts of the Central Plains and rough and bold style, and even some Poli utensils are placed in a conspicuous position by Li Xiao, as if he is afraid that Ye Qing does not know how rich he is.

Walking up to Ye Qing with a fat belly, he looked at Ye Qing unhurriedly looking at the furnishings in the room, and couldn't help but say proudly: "This general has been here for many years, and most of the businessmen who come and go are admirers and filial piety, so I have unconsciously accumulated these things that make Lord Ye laugh, oh, by the way, if Lord Ye likes it, you might as well pick two and bring them back." ”

He said so, but there was a fierce light flashing in his eyes, of course he knew that even if he was giving it to Ye Qing, it was impossible for him to bring these things back to the Great Song Dynasty, after all, after passing the Anrong Pass, it was a flatter Fu Khan Ping, and at Lao Ye Ling, or in front of the Red Deer Pass, it was the place where Ye Qing was buried, so even if Ye Qing took it, he could only take it to Lao Ye Ling, which was cheaper than the other generals guarding the pass.

"It's rare for General Li to be so atmospheric.

Ye Qing smiled, and then reached out to touch the wine jug made by Po Li, Yu Guang looked at Li Xiao's cheek twitched, Ye Qing put it back in its place, turned around and said: "No wonder General Li of Guguan said that after arriving at the Great Earthquake Pass, if there are any strange gadgets, you might as well take them out and show them to General Li Xiao, by the way, dare to ask General Li Xiao, what is the relationship with General Li Ren of Guguan?" ”

"It's just a brother." Li Xiao's fat head and big ears smiled, the flesh on his whole face seemed to tremble at the same time, and after reaching out to invite Ye Qing to sit down on the chair next to him, and then waved his hand, Xia Bing, who came with Ye Qing, walked out, and after Jia Shi saw Ye Qing nodding, he also walked out.

When he saw that there were only the two of them left in the room, Li Xiao suddenly mysteriously leaned his fat face towards Ye Qing, and then said: "It is said that Lord Ye helped the Liao people fight against the Khorezm people this time, but he didn't get any benefits?" ”

Ye Qing shrugged frankly, and said proudly: "I can't say much, but ...... Even if it fills your house, it shouldn't be a problem...... Oh, yes, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. ”

"What do you mean by that?" As soon as Li Xiao heard this, it hurt as if the money tied to his ribs had been dragged off, since Ye Qing said it in front of him, it meant that Ye Qing definitely meant to honor himself, but let himself down? What does this mean?

"How many troops is there stationed in General Li's earthquake pass now?" Ye Qingshen asked mysteriously.

"There were less than 4,000 people, and there were nearly 7,000 people, but these days were ...... What does Lord Ye mean by this? Li Xiao's fat face instantly turned extremely cold, and he asked coldly vigilantly.

Ye Qing was as usual, and said with a smile: "General Li misunderstood, Ye Mou just asked, and he didn't mean to inquire about the truth of the Great Earthquake Pass, not to mention that Ye Mou entered your country from Guanlong Road at the beginning, and he was so familiar with your country's Prime Minister Hot Gongji, how could there be a war between the two countries?" ”

"Then why did Lord Ye suddenly ask such a question?" Li Xiao continued to hold on to this question.

"Because I have to calculate how much I need to give General Li the strange treasures I got from the Khorezmians." Ye Qing didn't feel embarrassed at all and said: "After all, I need to pass through the six passes along the way, and I have to take the liberty of disturbing General Li here tonight, so this gift naturally can't be taken lightly." As for the ...... Let General Li disappoint you, because General Li Ren of Guguan has not finished choosing, I'm afraid that if you General Li want to choose, you will have to start early tomorrow morning. ”

Listening to Ye Qing's words, Li Xiao's eyes lit up first, and then he grasped the key point and said, "All of them were left behind by Li Ren's kid?" You...... Are you so relieved? Aren't you afraid that he'll leave you all behind? ”

"General Li, don't worry." Ye Qing stretched out his hand and made a slightly calming gesture in the air and pressed it down, watching the obese Li Xiao continue to nest in the chair into a lump and said with a smile: "Most of Ye's soldiers and horses are still in the solid pass, and I am relieved to have them looking at me." What's more, I am also very relieved of General Li Ren, and General Li and General Li Ren are brothers, I think General Li Ren will take care of your level. ”

When Ye Qing was talking, Li Xiao had already begun to wander, but subconsciously responded to Ye Qing's words in his mouth, and he had already begun to wonder in his mind, should he take this opportunity to leave all the treasures that Ye Qing had scavenged from the Khorezm people in Dazhen Pass?

After all, according to Ye Qing, he will give gifts of different degrees according to the number of people in the camp in the next few levels, so why should he cheapen others?

Over the years, what they have looted is often what they have eaten from their red deer, Lao Yeling, Fu Hanping and Anrong Pass, and even the merchants who entered the Song Dynasty from the Xia side were most of the first to be looted by their younger brothers, and then it was their turn.

So for so many years, I have never eaten a first meal, not to mention Ye Qing in front of me, but after the battle against Khorezm, he returned to the Song Dynasty after victory, compared to the merchants who came and went, but there is no way to compare at all, if he can monopolize all the treasures of Ye Qing this time, it will be much more than what he has stripped from Shangjia in the past few years.

Ye Qing will die sooner or later, but if all or most of the treasures fall into the hands of other generals, he will not be able to sleep at night, and he will not let go of himself in his sleep.

So Li Xiao couldn't help but think boldly, if he designed to catch Ye Qing tonight and imprison all his more than 1,000 people, and then when the people behind them arrived, and Ye Qing was in his hands as a threat, were he still afraid that these Song people, who only liked to make peace, would not surrender to him?

And he can also pretend to promise Ye Qing first, as long as the baby is in hand, he can let all of them go, and at that time, he will find a reason

Since you have disarmed them, if you want to kill or chop them when the time comes, it all depends on your own mood?

If you don't get it right, you don't need Chen Bing to do it with Su Dao and others in Malu Pass, you can kill Ye Qing on the spot, and then you won't believe that the prime minister will blame you, and maybe you will be promoted because of this!

Yu Guang swept over the uncertain Li Xiao, and the smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth became more and more sincere, when he was in the tavern in Hara City of Liao, because of the reminder of the gods and slaves of Qishilie, he found the Song Dynasty merchants, although he had nothing to do with the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, but he still learned something from them about Li Xiao's greedy nature and his penchant for exploiting businessmen.

For example, Po Li, who made Li Xiao crazy, had a lot to do with the fact that he went to find those merchants in Hara City, and even the Po Li utensils that were placed were given to Li Xiao by those merchants.

"These are not the best grades, I am a Song person, and I have studied these things more than General Li, not to mention that General Li said that when it comes to the study of rare and exotic products, gold, silver and jewelry, whether it is your country or the gold people, they are far inferior to our Song people. This time, among those treasures in Khorezm, there are several, even in our Song Dynasty royal family, they can be called rare treasures, and tomorrow Ye will open your eyes. Ye Qing ignored Li Xiaodu and asked what kind of treasure it was, but smiled mysteriously, and continued with Guan Zi: "General Li will know early tomorrow morning, but then again, it depends on whether General Li is sincere in entertaining Ye tonight, if sincerity arrives, everything is easy to say, and if sincerity is not enough, then I can't help General Li." ”

"Sincerity?" Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Qing looking up and drinking, and instantly understood, so he shouted at the door: "Tonight, killing chickens and slaughtering cattle to prepare a banquet for Lord Ye is practiced, go and buy it." ”

"Ye Mou knows, Longcheng's Wei Ming Ah San, Ma Lu's Wei Ming Linggong, Lao Yeling's Chahan, and Fu Hanping's Cao Guang are very fond of some Po Li-related jewelry, and when Ye entered Guanshan from Jingzhaofu Road, they mentioned ......." Ye Qing said the names of the guards at each pass of Guanlong Road like a few treasures, and saw if he had been replaced by the hot Gongji now.

And Li Xiao's mind is now full of empty checks written by Ye Qing for him, so he said without thinking: "Hmph, compared to these few, what you should be careful about is Ye Liyou at the next pass, as for Cao Guang and Chahan in the future, you don't have to worry, I'm afraid that they have already gathered in the red deer at this time, and they won't embarrass you." ”

"Red deer, what did they all do with red deer?" Ye Qing asked with great interest.

Li Xiao couldn't hide it when he saw it, and he said it again, but this time fortunately, there was a blank check given to him by Ye Qingxu, so his eyes rolled at the moment and said: "Anrong Pass has always been a big pass, and its guard Ye Liyou is extremely mean, but because of his bravery, he is neither greedy for money nor good at sè, so ah, it has always been the horn sè that makes the two businessmen the most headache." ”

"I see, no wonder Ye didn't even see his figure when he entered the summer. By the way, what are the other guards doing in Red Deer? Ye Qing asked knowingly.

Now everything is clear, Hot Gongji is afraid of startling the snake, not only gave up the solid pass, but even gave up the big earthquake pass, but put the hope of chasing and intercepting himself from behind, and put it on this Ye Liyou, that is, the next pass.

So it can be judged now that Ye Liyou will not embarrass himself either, but once he enters the Anrong Pass, Ye Liyou will inevitably follow him, Fu Khan Ping's guard Cao Guang, and Lao Yeling's guard Cha Han are no longer at the two passes, and they are obviously borrowed to the Red Deer Pass to stop themselves.

And now there may be those who will be behind him, only Ye Liyou and Li Xiao in front of him are left, and the soldiers at Li Xiao Pass have been borrowed more than 3,000 people, so will it be lent to Ye Liyou, or will it be lent to Maluguan?

"What else can they do?" Li Xiao's eyes began to change a little evasively, and he quickly thought of an excuse and said: "Ye Liyou doesn't like to gamble, and I'm too far away from the red deer, so they pay Hanping and Lao Yeling, and often gamble in the red deer, I guess, I'm afraid they get together to gamble again." ”

Ye Qing sighed, and then suddenly smiled and said: "General Li should be grateful to Ye Liyou, if it weren't for his fact that he also likes to gamble, wouldn't it be that if it weren't for these six checkpoints, there would be four or five unguarded places, and General Li, you, wouldn't you have to take on the responsibility of checking the card in the town guard at that time." ”

"No, although Noriyu is not likable, it is still good. Ha ha....... Li Xiao began to divert the topic in the name of haha, and no longer gave Ye Qing a chance to inquire about Ye Liyou and other matters.